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Voltaire in Holland, 1746-1778

Voltaire in Holland, 1746-1778

Van Strien, K.

Paperback

Series: République Des Lettres, Book 62

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 9042932120
ISBN13: 9789042932128
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Apr 5 2016
Pages: 509
Weight: 1.90
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
This book documents what newspapers, literary journals and privateindividuals in Holland wrote about Voltaire between 1746 and 1778. Likeelsewhere in Europe, he was admired for his literary genius but detestedby orthodox Christians for his disrespect of revealed religion. In thisbook these views are represented by Gerard Roos, the translator ofZadig, Socrate and L'Homme aux 40écus, and the reverendPetrus Hofstede. For Jean Rousset de Missy, the editor ofVoltarianaand Les Mensonges imprimés, Voltaire was also aselfish cheatwho did not keep his promises to publishers. In L'EpilogueurmoderneRousset frequently attacked him in connection withAbrégé de l'histoireuniverselle by Jean Neaulme. Among the documents discovered whileworking on this book are the letter Voltaire wrote to the grand pensionaryof Holland after the public burning of his Dictionnairephilosophique, and a second review of Oeuvres de Maupertuis. The bookconcludeswith a bibliography of Voltaire translations into Dutch, many of thempublished in literary journals.

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